PHYS420

Principles of Modern Physics

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Prerequisite: MATH246. And PHYS271 and PHYS270; or PHYS273. Credit only granted for: PHYS371 or PHYS420. A survey of atomic and nuclear phenomena and the main trends in modern physics. Appropriate for students in engineering and other physical sciences.

Spring 2026

Phoebe Hamilton

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Spring 2025

Phoebe Hamilton

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Past Semesters

Bei Lok Hu

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Phoebe Hamilton

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Bei Lok Hu

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Matt Severson

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Bei Lok Hu

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Alberto Belloni

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Matt Severson

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Bei Lok Hu

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Xiangdong Ji

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Howard Milchberg

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Jay Sau

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Jonathan McKinney

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Kara Hoffman

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Theodore L Einstein

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Vladimir Manucharyan

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Dieter Brill

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.81 between 574 students*

PHYS420 Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 9.76%
A: 19.86%
A+: 5.23%
B-: 10.98%
B: 15.16%
B+: 9.23%
C-: 5.57%
C: 5.57%
C+: 5.57%
D-: 1.05%
D: 1.92%
D+: 0.35%
F: 1.92%
W: 6.97%
other: 0.87%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.